Akira Ooshima

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
240 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Akira Ooshima is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Immunology and Allergy. According to data from OpenAlex, Akira Ooshima has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Molecular Biology, 42 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 31 papers in Immunology and Allergy. Recurrent topics in Akira Ooshima's work include Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (31 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (25 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (22 papers). Akira Ooshima is often cited by papers focused on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research (31 papers), TGF-β signaling in diseases (25 papers) and Corneal Surgery and Treatments (22 papers). Akira Ooshima collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and South Korea. Akira Ooshima's co-authors include Yasuteru Muragaki, Shizuya Saika, Misako Sato, Anita B. Roberts, Yoshitaka Ohnishi, Yukio Yamori, Osamu Yamanaka, Kathleen C. Flanders, Hikaru Ueno and Kôzô Okamoto and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Akira Ooshima

234 papers receiving 9.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Probucol prevents the progression of atherosclerosis in Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbit, an animal model for familial hypercholesterolemia.

1987 743 citations Akira Ooshima et al. profile →
Targeted disruption of TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling protects against renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction

2003 653 citations Misako Sato, Yasuteru Muragaki et al. profile →
Targeted disruption of TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling protects against renal tubulointerstitial fibrosis induced by unilateral ureteral obstruction

2003 598 citations Misako Sato, Yasuteru Muragaki et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Akira Ooshima

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Akira Ooshima. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Akira Ooshima based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Akira Ooshima. Akira Ooshima is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Destablilization of TRAF6 by DRAK1 Suppresses Tumor Growth and Metastasis in Cervical Cancer Cells 2020 ·Cancer Research ·Yuna Park, Kyoungwha Pang, Jinah Park, Eunji Hong, Ji Hee Lee, Akira Ooshima, (unknown), Jae‐Hyun Cho, Youngjin Han, Chul Lee, Yong Sang Song, Kyung‐Soon Park, Kyung‐Min Yang, Seong‐Jin Kim	18
2	The lysophospholipase D enzyme Gdpd3 is required to maintain chronic myelogenous leukaemia stem cells 2020 ·Nature Communications ·Kazuhito Naka, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Kyung‐Min Yang, Takayuki Hoshii, Masatake Araki, Kimi Araki, Yusuke Sotomaru, Ko Sasaki, Kinuko Mitani, Dong‐Wook Kim, Akira Ooshima, Seong‐Jin Kim	20
3	Definition of Smad3 Phosphorylation Events That Affect Malignant and Metastatic Behaviors in Breast Cancer Cells 2014 ·Cancer Research ·Eunjin Bae, Misako Sato, Ran‐Ju Kim, (unknown), Kazuhito Naka, Jungsoo Gim, Mitsutaka Kadota, Binwu Tang, Kathleen C. Flanders, Tae‐Aug Kim, Sun‐Hee Leem, Taesung Park, Fang Liu, Lalage M. Wakefield, Seong‐Jin Kim, Akira Ooshima	29
4	Identification of Novel Gene Amplifications in Breast Cancer and Coexistence of Gene Amplification with an Activating Mutation of PIK3CA 2009 ·Cancer Research ·Mitsutaka Kadota, Misako Sato, (unknown), Akira Ooshima, Howard H. Yang, (unknown), Sheryl Gere, Shun‐Ichiro Kageyama, Junya Fukuoka, Takuya Nagata, Kazuhiro Tsukada, Barbara K. Dunn, Lalage M. Wakefield, Maxwell P. Lee	97
5	Transforming Growth Factor-β Can Suppress Tumorigenesis through Effects on the Putative Cancer Stem or Early Progenitor Cell and Committed Progeny in a Breast Cancer Xenograft Model 2007 ·Cancer Research ·Binwu Tang, (unknown), Mary Vu, Mizuko Mamura, Jeong‐Seok Nam, Akira Ooshima, Zhijun Du, Pierre-Yves Desprez, Miriam R. Anver, Aleksandra M. Michalowska, Joanna H. Shih, W. Tony Parks, Lalage M. Wakefield	80
6	Trps1 regulates proliferation and apoptosis of chondrocytes through Stat3 signaling 2007 ·Developmental Biology ·(unknown), Yasuteru Muragaki, Katsuhiro Nishioka, Misako Sato, Akira Ooshima, Shunji Itoh, Ikuji Hatamura, Michitaka Ozaki, Attila Braun, Erika Gustafsson, Reinhard Fässler	105
7	Therapeutic effects of adenoviral gene transfer of bone morphogenic protein-7 on a corneal alkali injury model in mice 2005 ·Laboratory Investigation ·Shizuya Saika, Kazuo Ikeda, Osamu Yamanaka, Kathleen C. Flanders, Yuji Nakajima, Takeshi Miyamoto, Yoshitaka Ohnishi, Winston W.‐Y. Kao, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima	60
8	A Model of Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy Induced by Lens Extraction in Mice 2003 ·Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science ·(unknown), Shizuya Saika, Takeshi Miyamoto, (unknown), Akira Ooshima, (unknown)	2
9	Percutaneous maxacalcitol injection therapy regresses hyperplasia of parathyroid and induces apoptosis in uremia 2003 ·Kidney International ·Kazuhiro Shiizaki, Ikuji Hatamura, Shigeo Negi, (unknown), Masahide Mizobuchi, Toshifumi Sakaguchi, Akira Ooshima, Tadao Akizawa	39
10	Epithelial Repair 2002 ·Cornea ·Shizuya Saika, Yoshitaka Ohnishi, Akira Ooshima, Chia‐Yang Liu, Winston W.‐Y. Kao	41
11	Extracellular Matrix Components in a Case of Retrocorneal Membrane Associated with Syphilitic Interstitial Keratitis 2001 ·Cornea ·(unknown), Shizuya Saika, Megumi Wakayama, Akira Ooshima, Yoshitaka Ohnishi, Hiroo Yabe	24
12	Overexpression of Type IV Collagen in Chorionic Villi in Hydatidiform Mole 2001 ·The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism ·(unknown), Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima, Ryosuke Nakano	2
13	A case of well differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma observed stepwise progression by single level dynamic CTA, single level dynamic CTAP, and MRI with super-paramagnetic iron oxide(SPIO). 1999 ·Kanzo ·Motoki Nakaï, Morio Sato, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hirohiko Tanihata, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Akira Ooshima	1
14	An involvement of angiotensin II, TGF-β and PDGF in stretch-induced collagen synthesis and growth of vascular smooth muscle cells 1997 ·The FASEB Journal ·(unknown), Ikuji Hatamura, Shinsuke Itoh, Minoru Tsuji, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima	3
15	Light and scanning electron microscopy of rabbit lens capsules with intraocular lenses 1997 ·Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery ·Shizuya Saika, Shunsaku Ohmi, Sai‐ichi Tanaka, (unknown), Akio Yamanaka, Akira Ooshima	20
16	Ultrastructural localization of type IV collagen and laminin in the Disse space of rat liver with carbon tetrachloride induced fibrosis 1991 ·Liver International ·(unknown), Terumi Takahara, Chiharu Miyabayashi, Ito H, Akiharu Watanabe, Hiroshi Sasaki, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima, Kyoichi Inoue	16
17	Immunofluorescent localization of types I and III collagen in normal human skin. 1986 ·The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology ·Kazuyoshi Fukai, Masamitsu Ishii, Hiromi Kobayashi, (unknown), Toshio Hamada, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima	1
18	Tissue distribution of type V collagen in normal human skin. 1986 ·The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology ·(unknown), Masamitsu Ishii, Kazuyoshi Fukai, Hiromi Kobayashi, Toshio Hamada, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima	1
19	Immunohistochemical localization of type IV collagen in normal human skin. 1986 ·The Nishinihon Journal of Dermatology ·Hiromi Kobayashi, Masamitsu Ishii, (unknown), Kazuyoshi Fukai, Toshio Hamada, Yasuteru Muragaki, Akira Ooshima	1
20	Experimental and Clinical Studies on the Relationship between Genetic Hypertension and Glucose Metabolism 1978 ·Yukio Yamori, Michiya Ohtaka, Yasuo Nara, Ryoichi Horie, Akira Ooshima, Takeshi Endo	4

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